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Recent Examples of aggrandize Dennie’s book is best read as a critique of a court that seems hellbent on aggrandizing its own unaccountable power to decide partisan issues at the expense of the other branches of government and the American people. Kenneth W. MacK, Washington Post, 19 July 2024 The Supreme Court, in eviscerating decades of administrative law, running roughshod over women’s privacy rights and impeding the federal government’s power to regulate securities law, has aggrandized more power to itself than any court in history. Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 1 July 2024 The project of applying modern standards to our forebears to aggrandize ourselves has also taken aim at some of the giants of Western political history. Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023 And there have been numerous biographies published since his death in 2018, some aggrandizing, some clear-eyed. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for aggrandize
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    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
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    Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • Net income increased almost thirteenfold last year to $192.4 million from $15.3 million in 2023.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 14 May 2025
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    Jillian Kubala, Health, 13 May 2025
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    Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
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  • This year, that influence expanded into the cultural mainstream with her debut on Season 7 of The Real Housewives of Miami.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • On a year-on-year basis, however, Japan's GDP expanded 1.7%, the largest expansion since the first quarter of 2023 and a stronger showing compared to the 1.3% growth seen in the fourth quarter.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 May 2025
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    William Jones, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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  • Automate Administrative Tasks Generative AI can help augment your human capital efforts by taking over routine tasks.
    Heather Peters, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
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  • That, in turn, retains and grows fan bases, boosts TV ratings and ultimately generates more revenue for the league.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 May 2025
  • Programs like Archways to Opportunity also lift entire communities and boost a corporation’s overall reputation.
    Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025

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“Aggrandize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrandize. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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